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Q: Do you unplug electrical things during thunderstorms?
In old days, in back home country, the general advise was to unplug stuff to not risk them catching fire or getting damaged during thunderstorms. Thinking about how some buildings are from a distant past (or at least look like it, even though they are only 10 years old) and the concept of having lots of wires running on the outside seems to be the way to go.
How is this advice in China?
10 years 50 weeks ago in Health & Safety - China
At home I had ground faults. I have one in China, besides its always raining in China, nothing would be plugged in ever. The corded phone is supposed to be the cause of most home electrocutions. Wonder if cell phones attract lightning?
I always used to switch off my laptop just incase it blows up in my face and still do.
No, I don't.
Butt......I moved into new apartment last week, and when I wash my hands in the sink, electricity 'bites' my hands. Small electrical current 'runs' mixed with the water. I called electrician to check wiring.
Invest in good quality surge protectors (better to blow a 100 RMB surge protector than a 10K RMB computer). Had lightning stike near enough to fry a surge protector before...good investment. A lot of older buildings may have modern outlets but no actual ground in case of surge/lightning strike. As for icniff's problem...had the same problem in a school apartment. They had the extra wire for the electric water heater wrapped around the water pipe...created an inductor and darn if I wasn't Michael Jackson in the shower because of the low current shocks until I figured it out.
icnif77:
I am thinking, you are right!
When water in the heater is cold, water in sink is OK, but when heater is fully heated, current comes out with the sink water.
